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Cinnamon Maple Granola with Coconut

"Dissolve the maple sugar in the syrup mixture while heating it on the stove. The maple flavor will be pronounced and delicious!"

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Why it works: Coconut and maple syrup work together. They rank in the top 9% of all ingredient pairs, and 264 recipes mention both. Both carry acetic acid, which smells sour, vinegar. The science ↓

The recipe

4 servings
Prep10 min
Cook35 min

Ingredients

Directions

Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.

  1. Heat the oven to 325°F (163°C) and line a rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper.

  2. In a large bowl, stir together the old-fashioned oats, flaked coconut, maple sugar, and ground cinnamon.

  3. In a small bowl, whisk the pure maple syrup, honey, and vanilla extract until smooth.

  4. Pour the liquid mixture over the dry oat mixture and stir well until every oat and coconut flake is lightly coated.

  5. Spread the mixture evenly on the prepared baking sheet, pressing it down lightly into a single layer.

  6. Bake for 12 minutes, then stir the granola well and spread it back into an even layer.

  7. Bake for 13 to 15 more minutes until golden and fragrant, watching closely near the end so the coconut does not burn.

  8. Let the granola cool completely on the baking sheet, about 20 minutes, so it becomes crisp, then break it into clusters.

By allrecipes. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Coconut + maple syruptop 9% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together264 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).

  2. Coconut + vanillatop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together2,294 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl caproate (fruity, apple peel).

  3. Cinnamon + vanillatop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together5,287 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4-methoxybenzaldehyde (sweet, anise).

  4. Oats + vanillatop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,532 recipes

    Shared aroma: gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, creamy).

  5. Sugar + vanillatop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together35,031 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

Sugar and vanilla share little aroma chemistry, yet 35,031 recipes mention both: they likely work on texture and structure more than aroma.

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs